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My experience at Les Apprentis du Temps in Le Locle
Last weekend I visited the Swiss Jura on a watch sightseeing excursion. As part of this trip I participated in a "build your own watch" workshop at Les Apprentis du Temps, a watchmaking school in Le Locle. This was arranged by Neuchâtel Tourism, timexplorer.ch
I thought the people here at PuristS would be very interested in this experience. I also wrote it up in more detail on my blog, grail-watch.com if you care to see more photos and get more detail.
My "apprenticeship" was arranged by Stéphanie Bavaresco at Neuchâtel Tourism and was quite special - Apprentis usually only does workshops on the second Wednesday and the last Saturday of each month, but they came in on a Sunday afternoon just for me! Ms. Russo, the school teacher, was there along with a student who had better English skills. He was my main instructor.
My experience at Les Apprentis du Temps in Le Locle
Last weekend I visited the Swiss Jura on a watch sightseeing excursion. As part of this trip I participated in a "build your own watch" workshop at Les Apprentis du Temps, a watchmaking school in Le Locle. This was arranged by Neuchtel Tourism, timexplor...
Continued: The Watch
Sorry for the interruption. I'm having issues with the photo uploader. Oh well. There are photos on my blog and my Flickr account. Just Google Grail Watch and SFoskett and you'll find me. We were able to choose our own components for our ETA 6497-based wa...
Value for time and money?
Was it worth it? I say yes. The total cost was CHF 1,000 (about $1050) including the instruction and the watch components. As for the watch alone, it's not quite worth that. It's made of good components but the movement is basic and totally undecorated an...
